Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | manipulo | |
| tú | manipulas | |
| él / ella / usted | manipula | |
| nosotros / nosotras | manipulamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | manipuláis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | manipulan |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | manipulé | |
| tú | manipulaste | |
| él / ella / usted | manipuló | |
| nosotros / nosotras | manipulamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | manipulasteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | manipularon |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | manipulaba | |
| tú | manipulabas | |
| él / ella / usted | manipulaba | |
| nosotros / nosotras | manipulábamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | manipulabais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | manipulaban |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | manipularé | |
| tú | manipularás | |
| él / ella / usted | manipulará | |
| nosotros / nosotras | manipularemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | manipularéis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | manipularán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | manipularía | |
| tú | manipularías | |
| él / ella / usted | manipularía | |
| nosotros / nosotras | manipularíamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | manipularíais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | manipularían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | manipule | |
| tú | manipules | |
| él / ella / usted | manipule | |
| nosotros / nosotras | manipulemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | manipuléis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | manipulen |
Use ustedes for plural “you” in Latin America. Its verb form matches ellos / ellas. Vos forms are not included. Google voice when available; device voice as a fallback.
Meaning & usage
- to manipulate
English glosses are a starting point. The meaning of a verb can change with context, a preposition, or se. Read the full dictionary entry ↗
Meanings and conjugation data adapted from English Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org / Wiktextract. Frequency scores from wordfreq 3.1.1 by Robyn Speer and contributors. Adapted data is available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Entry source · Sources, download & limitations